2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Cookeville, TN vs Fayetteville, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fayetteville has been positive.
- Fayetteville has 0.3% more unemployment than Cookeville.
- Fayetteville job growth has increased by 0.6% in the past 10 years.
 Cookeville, TNFayetteville, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    2 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville Tennessee my entire life. I am now 21 years of age and have seen many positive and negative things about fayetteville. The first thing you  More

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Having been born and raised in the sleepy town of Fayetteville, I would like to enlighten anyone considering relocation to this area. For years this city has had  More

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